Fall Has Fallen At Ten June

I might be a little late jumping on the fall decor bandwagon this year, but fall has officially arrived at the Ten June household! David and I have challenged ourselves with a no-spend October (meaning we're not spending on anything that's not already budgeted for, like household items, utilities and the occasional purchase we've been saving for) but we decided to bend the rules by $20 for our fall decor. So that was my budget, folks. Hey, I like a challenge.

Sit back, pretend you're on a hayride with a hot pumpkin latte in your hand
and welcome to the fall tour of my casa!

I dressed up my front door with my DIY wreath from last season. I also added $6.66 worth of yellow mums and a $3.00 pumpkin to the front porch.

I simply tweaked a few things on our regular mantle to make it feel more fallish.

The owl was a $4 HomeGoods purchase (which I was pretty excited about, considering I've seen them at West Elm for $20!). By the way, how fabulous is that bright white trim paint looking! Love it.

I did a free switcharoo by replacing the framed botanical print post cards from our regular mantle with beautiful leaves we found on our mountain trip last weekend. Cute and sentimental- I'm sold.

31 comments:

Your fall decor on $20----I am impressed. And I love your owl! The leaves you used in the frame from north georgia is pretty neat. ;) I'd definitely say fall has arrived in your home and it looks great.

Love all your decorations, I'm running late this year and haven't put most of mine up yet... so sad about your owl, though -- I tried to buy that exact thing at TJ Maxx this weekend and all 4 they had were broken and they had to pull them from the shelves. Gah!

Michelle, your home looks beautiful. Enjoyed the tour of fall decor. My husband and I are doing the no spending thing except for what is on the budget. Certain amount of cash for the week and no more. Let me tell you, it is very very hard!

I absolutely love the mini-pumpkins in the hurricane vases! I wish I could decorate for Fall this year...it's one of my favorite times to decorate. It just makes the house so warm and homey as the temps start to drop. Unfortunately, we'll have to wait for next year when we move into our fixer-upper. For now, we'll just enjoy the beuaitful stuff we see on your blog! :)

We went to Ellijay for the apple festival on Saturday! We skipped the fairgrounds though and just went to a u-pick farm and got a pumpkin at Burt's. I decorated for cheap with the help of Target. I got a grapevine pumpkin for $2.50 in the dollar section, and a natural-woven placemat for $3.99 in the kitchen section to go under it.

I love your eclectic style. The leaf project is my favorite, I think. I often run across leaves I've put in old telephone books to dry and have forgotten about. I just can't throw them away -- the colors are gorgeous, as are yours.

Great stuff, Michelle! I really think less is more sometimes and you have $20 well spent. Love the leaves in the glass frame-- may have to swipe that idea! Go Dawgs-- great win this weekend!!Heidi @ Show some Decor

I can't believe you did ALL of that for $20- you are amazingly thrifty and crafty!! Love the tiny pumpkins in the candle holders, too cute. I read your other blog about the Real Deals trip- can't believe you held fast and didn't spend any money...you are so strong!!

Meet Michelle

I'm a southern gal with an eye for young traditional design. I'm a self-proclaimed painter, crafter, decorator and do-it-yourselfer. Also a wife + momma to two preschoolers and a baby on the way. Welcome to Ten June!